Chance Deville
Chance DeVille is a queer artist and educator who was born and raised in the deep American South. Currently based in Rhode Island, Chance frequents Louisiana, where they collaborate with their mother to make Growing Tired of Calloused Knees. This project attempts to carry the multitude of issues that stems from their experience of domestic abuse as a catalyst for severe mental illness, poverty, substance addiction and its effects on family dynamics. The photographs and related material desire to hold empathy and understanding for generational trauma, while visualizing these difficult topics at their family home.
With the support of the Film Photo Award, Chance will be able to continue to interrogate the issues that are held within their project and make work with their mother, Tammy.
